Unforgettable

Haunted by war wounds and the woman who left him, Ex-Delta Army Sergeant Joe Warren is a man scarred body and soul. Lady Lydia Benedict yearns for a life of passion and adventure. Joe is Lydia’s only hope, but the hard-hearted Texas soldier and the billionaire British aristocrat find themselves at odds as time runs out. Can people from two such different worlds fulfill each others deepest desires? More

Haunted by war wounds and the woman who left him, Ex-Delta Army Sergeant Joe Warren is a man scarred body and soul. His life as he knew it is over, and he has no idea where to go from here. When his sister begs him to rescue a young woman in trouble, Joe reluctantly agrees to help—and comes face-to-face with the most beautiful—willful, stubborn, and sexy—woman he’s ever met.

Lady Lydia Benedict yearns for a life of passion and adventure, one where she’s appreciated for her brains as well as her beauty. But she panics when she awakens—still dressed in her ball gown—and discovers that the priceless pearl necklace she’d worn to a charity ball the night before is missing. To make matters worse, Lydia never got permission from her mother to borrow the necklace, and it’s her brother, who trusted her with the irreplaceable pearl, who’ll be punished if it isn’t found.

Joe is Lydia’s only hope, but the hard-hearted soldier and the British aristocrat find themselves at odds as time runs out. Can Joe allow himself to trust another woman? Can Lydia fall in love with a man who’s nothing like the sophisticated gentlemen she’s known all her life? Can people from two such different worlds find a way into each others arms—and fulfill each others deepest desires?

Joan Johnston is the top-ten New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of 57 historical and contemporary novels and novellas with more than 15 million copies of her books in print in 19 languages in 25 countries. Joan has won numerous writing awards including Colorado Romance Writers Writer of the Year, best novel (twice) from the Georgia Romance Writers and a RITA nomination for best short contemporary novel. Joan has written for Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Harlequin and her current publisher, Penguin Random House, and worked with agents Irene Goodman, Richard Curtis, Denise Marcil, Al Zuckerman, Robert Gottlieb, and Katie Kotchman.

Joan left her job as an Associate Professor at the University of Miami to write full-time. Joan has a B.A. in Theater Arts from Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, Florida, an M.A. in Theatre from the University of Illinois in Urbana, and a J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin School of Law. She worked as a director of theatre, drama critic, newspaper editor, college professor, and attorney at both Hunton & Williams in Richmond, VA, and Squire, Sanders & Dempsey in Miami, FL on her way to becoming a full-time writer.

In order to research her novels, Joan spent six weeks at a cattle station in Australia, traveled to Tahiti, Moorea, and Bora Bora, spent three weeks in Viet Nam, two summers in London, and the fall in Rome, took a course in tracking (humans and animals) from a Deputy Sheriff in the Big Bend, and had lunch with a lot of Texas Rangers and FBI guys.

Joan has has season tickets for the Super Bowl 50 Champion Denver Broncos, plays tennis, and hikes in the nearby Flatirons and Rocky Mountains.